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  • Russian arms dealers go big at massive defense show

    Published April 12, 2013

    Russian arms dealers pitched an enormous national pavilion three times larger than their last one at the massive South American defense and security show LAAD 2013, which runs April 9 - 12 in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Where to buy aircraft carriers, missiles and Glocks in Rio

    Published April 11, 2013

    More than 720 defense and security companies from Russia, Israel, South Korea and all over the world have come to Rio to flog their guns, ammo, aerospace tech, corporate security and more at the largest defense and security tech show in South America.

  • Cancer drugs to stop bioweapons

    Published April 05, 2013

    Two cancer-combating medicines show potential for protecting U.S. troops and civilians from biological weapon attacks from pathogens like monkeypox.

  • With North Korea warning of nuclear war, B-52s soar in 'Foal Eagle'

    Published April 04, 2013

    With North Korea's bellicose rhetoric escalating by the day -- on Wednesday a spokesman said its military has been cleared to wage a nuclear attack -- the annual U.S. training exercise Foal Eagle continues just over the border.

  • Could a military radar prevent further Newtown tragedies?

    Published April 03, 2013

    A University of Michigan professor has adapted a radar similar to the type police deploy to identify speeders -- it can now reveal weapons and bombs concealed on a person's body.

  • Next-gen body armor made of foam

    Published April 02, 2013

    The Army’s research and development arm has funded a three-year research program at University of California, San Diego investigating nanofoam for protection -- the first foam armor endeavor ever, the college said.

  • Giant robot jellyfish to patrol US coasts

    Published April 01, 2013

    A 170 pounds, six-foot long robot jellyfish named Cyro is now patrolling U.S. coastal waters.

  • Freedom arrives in Pacific waters

    Published March 28, 2013

    Amid heavy rhetoric from North Korea, the Navy's first littoral combat ship USS Freedom has joined the 7th Fleet in the Pacific.

  • Immigrants could cause a superbug apocalypse, scientists warn

    Published March 28, 2013

    Immigrants may import dangerous and potentially lethal superbug strains, a medical journal recently warned -- and robots may hold the answer.

  • Bye bye, TNT: New generation of explosives for the Army

    Published March 26, 2013

    A far stabler new explosive called IMX-101 will soon replace TNT to make soldiers safer on and off the battlefield -- and the U.S. Army has ordered as much as $780 million worth of it.